While research on the cross-cultural experience of entrepreneurs has demonstrated that
exposure to diverse cultures is beneficial for new venture growth, it has neglected the …

Drawing on RA theory and the optimal distinctiveness perspective, we explore the marketing
strategies of two platform-based organizations (PBOs) that provide users the ability to build …

While entrepreneurial disruption has proven a source of abundance by way of reforming
markets and legacy institutions, it is also frequently characterized by the displacement of …

While there is a growing literature on moral markets that aim to create social value through
market exchange, much of it has focused on how producer activism is able to legitimate new …

This paper explores how the smart city idea unfolds in the bureaucratic context. Applying a
qualitative approach and the Scandinavian stream of translation theory, we investigate the …

The question of how distinctive organizations should strive to be, compared to peers, has
seen a resurgence of attention. A central focus in this stream of work has been on identifying …

Optimal distinctiveness is a theory that emphasizes actors' drive to be both “the same and
different at the same time”(Brewer, 1991, p. 475). Originating as an approach to explain …

Abstract Research Summary We theorize the strategies that entrepreneurial actors employ
to instill their endeavors with culturally resonant meanings and rally the support of key …

The entrepreneurial ecosystem has been ingrained with the mutual support of educational
institutions, mobile operators, supporting networks, and other government organizations …

Recent research has increasingly emphasized the micro-foundations of knowledge
transformation in multi-national enterprises (MNEs). Although the literature has provided …